Stories from Thursday, March 28, 2013

Florence Evelyn Flynn, 84, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. She was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Bates County, Mo., to Lewis C. Covington and Minnie L. Cowan Covington. She married John J. "Johnny" Flynn on Nov. 8, 1946, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 2, 2006...

Eva Mae Sparks passed away in her home in Keller, Texas, on March 25, 2013. She was born Sept. 12, 1927, in River Rouge, Mich., to Harold Mahurin and Jennie Combs Mahurin. She was the oldest of four children. The family moved to Nevada, Mo., in August 1942, where she graduated from Nevada High School in 1944. ...